Hecht, Max Karl Friedrich
- Date of birth:
- January 27th, 1898 (Bautzen/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 13th, 1980 (Hof/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 135, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 7th, 1942
“Major Max Hecht has already participated in the First World War, and was decorated with the Iron Cross First & Second Class during this time. As commander of a Flak-Regiment, he has participated in all the decisive combat actions of Panzergruppe Afrika and led the missions of his Flak forces from the frontlines. His prudence, ruthlessness and bravery (which showed even in critical situations) were the catalysts for the heroic deeds of his subordinated Flak-Regiment. In the space of just a few weeks the unit destroyed 192 tanks, 31 armoured cars and 18 aircraft.”
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 29th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
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